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Venture capital firms take stake in Codestreet

Codestreet has secured significant minority investments from leading venture capital firms, Rochester Advisors and Cerium Technology.  The investments will help accelerate the growth of the Codestreet Dealer Pool (“CDP”), the firm’s dealer-centric platform for solving the liquidity challenges of the corporate bond market. Codestreet provides a range of technology solutions

DN portfolio company Shazam announces USD30m Investment at USD1bn valuation

Shazam has closed a USD30 million investment valuing the company at over USD1 billion. This valuation ranks Shazam amongst the top European start-ups also referred to as “unicorns." DN Capital, an early stage British venture capital firm invested in the Company in 2004 and has played a crucial role in

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Scottish Loan Fund invests in leading cloud optimisation business Cloudsoft

The Scottish Loan Fund (SLF), managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has committed GBP1.5 million of funding to open source application management company, Cloudsoft Corporation Limited. The Edinburgh-based business has developed a valuable software platform for the cloud computing market which it predominately licenses to blue-chip clients.  An increasing number

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PE firm Catterton takes minority stake in Intercos

Intercos has completed a round of financing led by Catterton, the US-based leading consumer-focused private equity firm, for a significant minority ownership in the company.  ClearVue Partners, who has a working relationship with Catterton, co-invested in the transaction.  Clearvue Partners is a private equity fund targeting fast growing and promising

Maven clients back Crawford Scientific’s acquisition of Hall Analytical

Private equity firm Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested a further GBP2.2 million to support current investee company Crawford Scientific’s acquisition of Hall Analytical Laboratories (Hall).  Maven originally completed a GBP3.9 million investment in Crawford in August 2014 and from the outset pinpointed the provision of analytical services as a

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Syntaxis Capital supports Uğurlu Cam’s expansion plans

Funds advised by Syntaxis Capital, a provider of mezzanine finance in Central Europe, has completed the firm’s first Turkish investment, a recapitalisation and growth financing for UÄŸurlu Cam, a specialised glass products manufacturer.  Privately owned UÄŸurlu Cam was founded in 1971 in Denizli, Turkey, and quickly grew to become one

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe makes majority investment in AIM Software

AIM Software, a provider of data management software products to the financial services industry, has received a majority investment from private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS). AIM Software’s existing management team, led by founder and CEO Martin Buchberger, will continue to operate the business and will maintain

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TA Associates invests in RateGain

Private equity firm TA Associates has completed a minority investment in RateGain, a provider of SaaS-based hospitality and travel technology solutions.  Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2004, RateGain provides revenue management and distribution channel management software, and real-time pricing data and analytics, to help

SEP secures GBP4.75m growth finance from Beringea

Speciality European Pharma Limited (SEP) has secured GBP4.75million from Beringea Growth Finance, a provider of asset based and working capital finance.  Founded in April 2006, SEP is a privately owned speciality pharmaceutical company. It focuses on products aimed largely at the urology or urogynaecology markets, primarily in Europe. The company

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